Example sentences of "a few [noun] of [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One side of the sheet lists the children of Charles the Cheesemonger , starting with the birth of William Charles in 1772 and appending a few dates of death for good measure . |
| 2 | There was little Luch could do , apart from laying aside a few blocks of honeycomb for her . |
| 3 | But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future . |
| 4 | But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future . |
| 5 | Or go back to HQ , and try to think up a few lines of enquiry for the staff there to pursue — men and women looking progressively more unwashed and unkempt and incompetent as the small hours of the morning gradually wore on . |
| 6 | Attempts at humour aside , I now find myself penning a few words of concern for Salford 's Graduate Association now that the same question seems to be written large on the proverbial wall . |
| 7 | With or without management , Gatfield has a few words of warning for up-and-coming hopefuls determined to make an impression on record company A&R people . |
| 8 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 9 | Well , she thought , it wo n't be difficult to judge how right I am , if I pay out a few yards of line for him . |
| 10 | Only a few causes of death for women illustrate a reverse class gradient ( malignant neoplasm of the breast , malignant neoplasm of the brain , malignant melanoma of the skin and acute lymphoid leukaemia ) . |
| 11 | Fourthly , the field workers were given only a few packets of ORS for distribution among the villagers . |